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Vijay Babaso Kashid v. State of Maharashtra

Bombay HC13 Jan 2025BA/1140/2024

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What is this about?

Bail application withdrawn with leave; no decision on bail merits. Undertaking by prosecution (via APP T. G. Khan) to finish all prosecution-witness examinations in Sessions Case No.17 of 2023 (Crime No.578 of 2022, Additional Sessions Judge, Karad) by 31 July 2026; liberty reserved to file fresh bail application before Trial Court if deadline missed. Keywords: bail withdrawal, trial expedition undertaking, witness examination deadline, fresh bail application liberty, Maharashtra.

What did the court decide?

Leave to withdraw the bail application; prosecution undertaking recorded to conclude witness examination in Sessions Case No.17 of 2023 by 31st July, 2026, with liberty to file a fresh bail application before the Trial Court thereafter if examination remains incomplete. ¶19

Vijay Babaso Kashid vs State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether bail should be granted to the Applicant in Crime No.578 of 2022 (registered as Sessions Case No.17 of 2023, pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, Karad).

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Ratio / Principle

Having expressed its view of not being inclined to entertain the Application, this Court granted the Applicant leave to withdraw Criminal Bail Application No.1140 of 2024; the bail claim was thus not decided on merits.

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Key takeaways

On instructions from the Investigating Officer, the learned APP undertook that the prosecution will complete and conclude examination of all prosecution witnesses in Sessions Case No.17 of 2023 within one year, i.e. on or before 31st July, 2026; the Court accepted the statement and directed the prosecution to act and abide by it.ratio¶17
If examination of the prosecution witnesses is not concluded by 31st July, 2026, the Applicant is at liberty to file a fresh bail application before the learned Trial Court, which shall be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction (Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.) - Criminal Bail Application No.1140 of 2024, decided 4th August, 2025. The Applicant, an accused in Crime No.578 of 2022 (Sessions Case No.17 of 2023 pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, Karad), sought bail. Upon the Court expressing disinclination to entertain the application, the Applicant, on instructions, withdrew it with leave of the Court. The learned APP, on instructions of the Investigating Officer, undertook that the prosecution would complete and conclude examination of all prosecution witnesses in Sessions Case No.17 of 2023 on or before 31st July, 2026; the statement was accepted and the prosecution directed to abide by it. If witness examination is not so concluded, the Applicant is free to file a fresh bail application before the Trial Court, to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. Application disposed of in these terms.

Vijay Babaso Kashid v. State of Maharashtra

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